Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 815 › Conversation 815-012
Nixon & Butterfield on White House logistics and Administration
Friday, November 24, 1972 · 10:14 AM–10:15 AM ET · Oval Office · 21 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate the logistics of the President's daily schedule. The brief discussion centered on managing the President's upcoming appointment with his barber. No major policy developments occurred during this brief administrative encounter.
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NARA Description
On November 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:14 am and 10:15 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 815-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 815-12
Date: November 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:14 am and 10:15 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
The President's schedule
-Barber
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 10:15 am.Also recorded on November 24, 1972
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 815-012, November 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/815-012 (accessed October 12, 2026).